Change log

ETH Zurich

Release-to-release tracker diff history with separate policy-text, newly-extracted claim, evidence, and source snapshot categories.

Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

ETH Zurich currently has 11 source-backed claim records and 6 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 15, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 3 newly extracted claims, 1 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for ETH Zurich. Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Newly extracted claims are tracker additions and are not necessarily newly published by the university. Source snapshot changes show hash changes for the same source URL and are not by themselves policy changes.

Diff categories

Semantic classification for this release diff.

Policy text0Newly extracted3Evidence0Source snapshots1Source text0Source added0Source removed0

Combined release diff

Unified tracker diff generated from all public release snapshots for this university.

ETH Zurich combined release diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

+11-2
11 # ETH Zurich AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Google Gemini is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. ETH Zurich offers a Google Workspace Cloud Subscription that allows the service to be used free of charge and in a protected environment.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:04:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. The Microsoft 365 Cloud Subscription is provided by ETH Zürich.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:05:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Google NotebookLM is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
15+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. As with Google Gemini, ETH Zurich offers access via the Google Workspace Cloud subscription.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z
817 ## Source snapshot hash changed
918 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
10-Source https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/education/ai-in-education/tools.html snapshot 976363c229602b634733ef8f90fadb815c16c9b722317afd9bdf10914f543f1e
11-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z
19+Source https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/education/ai-in-education/tools.html snapshot 664e8359eb390eca7936cbb3fa4161d0d98d5cd4547a01e0fef8b46e754a49af
20+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted3Source snapshots1Source text0

ETH Zurich public-release-20260715-005 diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

+11-2
11 # ETH Zurich AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Google Gemini is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. ETH Zurich offers a Google Workspace Cloud Subscription that allows the service to be used free of charge and in a protected environment.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:04:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. The Microsoft 365 Cloud Subscription is provided by ETH Zürich.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:05:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Google NotebookLM is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
15+Evidence (en, 664e8359eb39): The use of Microsoft Copilot as well as Google Gemini and NotebookLM is currently recommended, as data-protected access is possible directly via an ETH account. The Gemini and NotebookLM offerings from Google, as well as Copilot from Microsoft, which are accessible via an ETH cloud subscription, are available to all ETH employees and students via secure access. As with Google Gemini, ETH Zurich offers access via the Google Workspace Cloud subscription.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z
817 ## Source snapshot hash changed
918 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
10-Source https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/education/ai-in-education/tools.html snapshot 976363c229602b634733ef8f90fadb815c16c9b722317afd9bdf10914f543f1e
11-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z
19+Source https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/education/ai-in-education/tools.html snapshot 664e8359eb390eca7936cbb3fa4161d0d98d5cd4547a01e0fef8b46e754a49af
20+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T18:06:43.896Z

Claim changes

11 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Google NotebookLM is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

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ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Google Gemini is listed for ETH Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

ETH Zurich advocates a proactive approach to the use of generative AI in educational contexts, emphasising responsible use among students and lecturers.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

Students are responsible for the content of work they submit. Performance assessments must be conducted independently and personally; GenAI may serve a supplementary role but not replace student efforts.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

Lecturers determine whether and how GenAI may be used in their courses and for respective assessments. Teaching materials created with GenAI must be subjected to quality control by the lecturer.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

Violations of GenAI guidelines such as use of unauthorised aids or non-disclosure of their use are subject to disciplinary action under existing performance assessment rules and the declaration of originality.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

ETH Zurich recommends Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and NotebookLM for teaching purposes, as they offer data-protected access via ETH accounts where personal data is not used for training models.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

Students must refrain from disclosing copyrighted, private, or confidential information to commercial GenAI clients unless expressly permitted, and must respect privacy and copyright of content they work with.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

ETH Zurich requires transparency about GenAI use: students must declare which tools they used and for which parts of their work; lecturers must communicate when GenAI use is permitted and make their own GenAI use visible.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

ETH Zurich states that technical recognition of AI-generated output is currently unreliable and will probably remain so; trust in such methods is not appropriate.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence85%Evidence1Languagesen

Source snapshots

6 source attributions

ETH AI Ethics Policy Network

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 5, 2026, 5:43 PM

Snapshot hash
55b5500f9a27f26bb3a9e115e48636d181ec344a598f87524555a462782703e2